Why did the Japanese invade China?

If the place is too small and there is too little energy, aggression will become the fastest and best way. The Japanese invaded China for fourteen years and took away countless wealth from China. The following are rough statistics, and it's really more than that.

First, we plundered 2 1000 tons of gold from China.

According to statistics, during the whole Anti-Japanese War, after the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, the gendarmerie special forces searched everywhere. They blew up the warehouse of the bank, robbed wealthy businessmen and even took the treasure from the bodies. After these plundered treasures are melted, they are recast into gold ingots of the same size and then shipped back to Japan.

Second, by spamming counterfeit money,

Once Japan occupies a place, it crushes people crazily. Besides issuing counterfeit money indiscriminately, they also plundered China's wealth with opium, but this harmful drug seized more than 400 million yen.

Third, the grain is as high as 800 million tons.

During the Anti-Japanese War, almost all the main grain producing areas in China fell, so the amount of grain plundered by Japan was amazing. The total amount of food plundered from the battlefields in the Pacific Ocean is about 300 million tons. Then, Japanese immigrants, troops, administrative agencies and puppet troops in China directly consumed about 500 million tons of grain.

Fourth, rich mineral resources.

China plundered such amazing mineral resources as 2 1.8 tons. This number is unimaginable. There are 640 million tons of coal alone, 10.5 tons of other trees, rare earths and kaolin, and about 490 million tons of copper.

Fifth, machinery and equipment and factory materials.

Countless machines, equipment and factory materials were plundered from China. Take Wuxi as an example, the whole city was looted wildly, and all the equipment and products that could be robbed, such as shops, institutions, cotton mills and iron works, were taken away and sealed and shipped back to Japan.

Sixth, priceless antique calligraphy and painting.

The Japanese army also plundered countless priceless calligraphy and paintings, treasures and other cultural relics from China. According to statistics, there were 3.6 million cultural relics looted by the Japanese army during the war. Today, Chinese cultural relics still lie quietly in Japanese museums. According to statistics, there are more than 1000 museums in Japan, including 2 million pieces of ancient cultural relics in China alone.

As can be seen from the above data, the wealth that the Japanese have seized from our country is amazing. However, after the war, the national government headed by Chiang Kai-shek gave up its claim against Japan under the pressure of the United States. Thanks to the huge wealth plundered from China, Japan regained its vitality in just a few years after the war and created the so-called economic miracle.